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balteo
balteo

Reputation: 24697

Using docker and docker-compose in order to run npm install and bower install

I am trying to use docker with a node image in order to run npm install and bower install.

Here is the relevant portion from my docker-compose.yml:

node:
  image: node:0.10.40
  volumes:
   - ./package.json:/package.json
   - .bowerrc:/.bowerrc
   - ./bower.json:/bower.json
   - ./build/npm.tmp/node_modules:/node_modules
   - ./build/npm.tmp/bignibou-client/src/bower_components:/bignibou-client/src/bower_components
  command: bash -c "npm install && bower install"
  ports:
   - "8888:8888"

Unfortunately I get the following error from node:

node_1          | bash: bower: command not found
bignibousite_node_1 exited with code 127

Indicating the command was not interpreted properly.

I have also tried using a post-script in my package.json as follows:

  "scripts": {
    "postinstall": "/node_modules/bower/bin/bower install"
  }

Here is my .bowerrc:

{
    "json": "bower.json", "directory": "bignibou-client/src/bower_components"
}

Without the bower install, the npm install is run OK. It is really the bower install that I cannot get to work.

Can anyone please help?

edit: the postinstall script above gives me this error from node:

node_1          | npm WARN cannot run in wd [email protected] /node_modules/bower/bin/bower install (wd=/)

edit 2: I tried the solution suggested by Alexis i.e. using an existing image but I tried to specify a local bower.json, etc. as follows:

docker run -it --rm \
   -v ./package.json:/package.json  \
   -v .bowerrc:/.bowerrc \
   -v ./bower.json:/bower.json  \
   -v ./build/npm.tmp/node_modules:/node_modules  \
   -v ./build/npm.tmp/bignibou-client/src/bower_components:/bignibou-client/src/bower_components \
   digitallyseamless/nodejs-bower-grunt bower install

I get this error though:

/usr/local/lib/node_modules/bower/node_modules/bower-config/node_modules/graceful-fs/polyfills.js:224
      throw er
            ^
Error: EISDIR, illegal operation on a directory
    at Error (native)
    at Object.fs.readSync (fs.js:552:19)
    at Object.fs.readSync (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/bower/node_modules/bower-config/node_modules/graceful-fs/polyfills.js:218:23)
    at Object.fs.readFileSync (fs.js:384:28)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/bower/node_modules/bower-config/lib/util/rc.js:75:27
    at Array.forEach (native)
    at json (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/bower/node_modules/bower-config/lib/util/rc.js:74:14)
    at rc (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/bower/node_modules/bower-config/lib/util/rc.js:31:9)
    at Config.load (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/bower/node_modules/bower-config/lib/Config.js:14:20)
    at Function.Config.read (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/bower/node_modules/bower-config/lib/Config.js:49:19)

I am not sure why I get this and how to sort it out.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 4370

Answers (1)

Alexis N-o
Alexis N-o

Reputation: 3993

I think you should install bower globally in your image

Create this Dockerfile:

FROM node:0.10.40
RUN npm install -g bower

And reference it in the docker-compose.yml file

node:
  build: .  // <= Path to the folder containing the Dockerfile

...

Otherwise, there is a popular image on dockerhub digitallyseamless/nodejs-bower-grunt that already provides it.

Upvotes: 3

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